The Big South Conference was founded on August 21st, 1983. When Charleston Southern Athletic Director and Augusta President George Christenberry started recruiting members into the conference and they brought in Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, and Winthrop joined the newly formed conference (Big South). Dr. Edward M. Singleton was then named as the leagues first Commissioner. Singleton then continued to add members to the conference such as Armstrong State, Radford, and UNC Ashville (Big South). This was huge because it gave the conference more than the required 6 that it takes to have a conference.
In the fall of 1984 is when the Big South first competed and 2 years later in 1986 is when the NCAA gave the Big South Division I status. In 1989 George F. “Buddy” Sasser took over as Commissioner when Singleton Retired (Big South). The Big South earned their first automatic qualifier to the NCAA Baseball Championship. With Sasser in place as commissioner he brought in public relations and compliance programs to the Big South, and also their first men’s basketball TV package (Big South). …show more content…
Kallander was appointed as the 3rd Commissioner of the league when he replaced Sasser, and Kallander still serves as the Commissioner for the Big South (Big South). Kallander now has Indoor track and field, football, and women’s lacrosse as sponsored events now. Not only has the Big South’s marketing revenue increased but also there is increased TV exposure for many of their sports. Kallander also added High Point, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian College, and Longwood to the Conference. He also brought back Campbell University after they left the conference (Big South). Kallander has focused on trying to make the Big South more viewable to fans and he increased equipment and offered memberships to try and allow viewers to see their sports played
In the fall of 1984 is when the Big South first competed and 2 years later in 1986 is when the NCAA gave the Big South Division I status. In 1989 George F. “Buddy” Sasser took over as Commissioner when Singleton Retired (Big South). The Big South earned their first automatic qualifier to the NCAA Baseball Championship. With Sasser in place as commissioner he brought in public relations and compliance programs to the Big South, and also their first men’s basketball TV package (Big South). …show more content…
Kallander was appointed as the 3rd Commissioner of the league when he replaced Sasser, and Kallander still serves as the Commissioner for the Big South (Big South). Kallander now has Indoor track and field, football, and women’s lacrosse as sponsored events now. Not only has the Big South’s marketing revenue increased but also there is increased TV exposure for many of their sports. Kallander also added High Point, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian College, and Longwood to the Conference. He also brought back Campbell University after they left the conference (Big South). Kallander has focused on trying to make the Big South more viewable to fans and he increased equipment and offered memberships to try and allow viewers to see their sports played